Şehzade Bayezid (son of Ahmed I)

Not to be confused with Şehzade Bayezid.

Ottoman prince (1612–1635)

Şehzade Bayezid

Born| November 1612
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(modern day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died| 27 July 1635(1635-07-27) (aged 22)[1]
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial|

Ahmed I Mausoleum, Sultan Ahmed Mosque

Father| Ahmed I
Mother| Mahfiruz Hatun
Religion| Sunni Islam

Şehzade Bayezid (Ottoman Turkish: شهزاده بايزيد; November 1612 - 27 July 1635) was an Ottoman prince and son of Sultan Ahmed I and Mahfiruz Hatun, the Sultan's first concubine.

## Life

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He was born to Ahmed I and Mahfiruz, the Sultan's first consort.[2][3][4]

He was a few months younger than his half-brother Şehzade Murad (future sultan Murad IV). When Ahmed died on 22 November 1617, he was placed in the Kafes with his brothers Mehmed, Murad, Süleyman, Kasim and Ibrahim in unknown period during the reign of his uncle sultan Mustafa I and brother Osman II. After Mustafa was deposed and replaced by Osman, his half-brother Mehmed was executed under the orders of Osman one year before being murdered by his enemies, which brought Mustafa once again to the throne. After Mustafa was deposed for a second time, Bayezid's half-brother Murad was placed in the throne before him due to being older by a few months. However, on 27 July 1635, he was executed along with his brother Suleiman. The orders were carried out by Murad, because he had reason to believe that the Janissaries were about to rebel to overthrow him.

## Death

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He was murdered under the orders of Murad, on 27 July 1635, in Topkapı Palace due to some rumors that Murad's enemies wanted Bayezid enthroned. He was buried in the Ahmed I Mausoleum, Sultan Ahmed Mosque.[5][6]

## In literature and popular culture

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* Jean Racine wrote a play called Bajazet which was based on the life of Şehzade who was preferred on the throne over the existing sultan his brother Murad IV.[7]
* Şehzade Bayezid is portrayed by Yiğit Uçan in the 2015 Turkish historical non-fiction TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem.[8] In the series, he is the son of a fictional concubine named Gülbahar Sultan,[9] and his death does not match the historical one, although he is still executed by Murad.

## References

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1. ^ Türkischer Biographischer Index. Walter de Gruyter. 10 November 2011. ISBN 9783110965773.
2. ^ Güler Eren, Kemal Çiçek, Cem Oğuz (1999). Osmanlı: Kültür ve sanat. 10 (in Turkish). Yeni Türkiye Yayınları. ISBN 978-975-6782-03-3. "...başka Mehmed , Süleyman , Bayezid ve Hüseyni adlı 4 şehzade doğmuştur..."`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. ^ Thomas F. Madden (2016). Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World. "Mahfiruz Sultan bore him four sons..."
4. ^ Şefika Şule Erçetin (2016). Women Leaders in Chaotic Environments. p. 77\. "He married with his Haseki Mahfiruz Kadın and had princes called Genç Osman (1604), Mehmed (1605), Süleyman (1611), Beyazid (1612) and Hüseyin (1613)"
5. ^ Şefika Şule Erçetin (28 November 2016). Women Leaders in Chaotic Environments: Examinations of Leadership Using Complexity Theory. Springer. p. 77. ISBN 978-3-319-44758-2.
6. ^ Mustafa Çağatay Uluçay (2011). Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları. Ötüken, Ankara. p. 78. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
7. ^ "Bajazet | play by Racine".
8. ^ Muhtesem Yüzyil: Kösem (TV Series 2015–2017), Yiğit Uçan: Sehzade Bayezid
9. ^ In the series, all concubines who gave a child to a Sultan or to a Şehzade are entitled "Sultan". In historical reality, the title was reserved for Haseki Sultan, who for Ahmed was only Kösem Sultan. The other concubines were simply entitled "Hatun" (Woman, Mistress or lady).

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Ottoman princes

1st generation|

* Alaeddin Pasha
* Orhan

2nd generation|

* Süleyman Pasha
* Murad I
* Şehzade Halil

3rd generation|

* Savcı Bey
* Yakub Çelebi
* Bayezid I

4th generation|

* Süleyman Çelebi
* İsa Çelebi
* Mehmed I
* Musa Çelebi
* Mustafa Çelebi

5th generation|

* Murad II
* Mustafa Çelebi

6th generation|

* Mehmed II
* Orhan Çelebi

7th generation|

* Bayezid II
* Şehzade Cem

8th generation|

* Şehzade Ahmet
* Şehzade Korkut
* Selim I
* Şehzade Murad

9th generation|

* Suleiman I

10th generation|

* Şehzade Mustafa
* Şehzade Mehmed
* Şehzade Abdullah
* Selim II
* Şehzade Bayezid
* Şehzade Cihangir

11th generation|

* Murad III

12th generation|

* Mehmed III

13th generation|

* Şehzade Mahmud
* Ahmed I
* Mustafa I

14th generation|

* Osman II
* Şehzade Mehmed
* Murad IV
* Şehzade Bayezid
* Şehzade Süleyman
* Şehzade Kasım
* Ibrahim I

15th generation|

* Şehzade Ömer
* Mehmed IV
* Suleiman II
* Ahmed II

16th generation|

* Mustafa II
* Ahmed III

17th generation|

* Mahmud I
* Osman III
* Mustafa III
* Abdul Hamid I
* Şehzade Mehmed

18th generation|

* Selim III
* Mustafa IV
* Mahmud II

19th generation|

* Abdulmejid I
* Abdulaziz

20th generation|

* Murad V
* Abdul Hamid II
* Mehmed V
* Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin
* Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin
* Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin
* Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin
* Şehzade Selim Süleyman
* Mehmed VI
* Şehzade Mahmud Celaleddin
* Abdulmejid II
* Şehzade Mehmed Şevket
* Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin

21st generation|

* Şehzade Mehmed Selaheddin
* Şehzade Mehmed Selim
* Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin
* Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik
* Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir
* Şehzade Mahmud Necmeddin
* Şehzade Ahmed Nuri
* Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin
* Şehzade Ömer Hilmi
* Şehzade Mehmed Cemaleddin
* Şehzade Abdurrahim Hayri
* Şehzade Mehmed Abdülhalim
* Şehzade Ömer Faruk
* Şehzade Ahmed Nureddin
* Mehmed Abdulaziz
* Şehzade Mahmud Şevket
* Şehzade Mehmed Şerafeddin
* Şehzade Ahmed Tevhid
* Şehzade Mehmed Abid
* Şehzade Mehmed Nizameddin
* Şehzade Mehmed Ertuğrul

22nd generation|

* Şehzade Ahmed Nihad
* Şehzade Osman Fuad
* Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim
* Mehmed Orhan
* Ertuğrul Osman
* Şehzade Mahmud Namık
* Bayezid Osman

23rd generation|

* Şehzade Ali Vasib
* Dündar Ali Osman
* Harun Osman

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